lawyers

noun

plural of lawyer
as in attorneys
a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations their lawyers told them that they couldn't use the park for the concert without permission from the city

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Recent Examples of lawyers Instead, lawyers inferred it from the language buried inside a document. — Neil Araujo, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The requirement to pay the legal fees applies to the lawyers who pressed the lawsuit, not to Lake and Finchem. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 While its lawyers have not hesitated to send cease-and-desist letters to AI companies, Disney is among the big media companies looking for ways to get in the AI game and profit from its boom. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 But over the weekend, tens of thousands of people, including prominent lawyers and journalists, were detained and released in protests that show no signs of slowing. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026 Clampdown Over the weekend, Indian security forces reportedly clamped down on protests in the capital city, detaining young people, several opposition party politicians, YouTubers, lawyers and a few journalists. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 People’s responses were also colored by everyone suddenly having lawyers and managers and agents, wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 Colleges must maintain a contact list of lawyers who offer immigration services and provide these resources to students who request it. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026 The lethal injection drug didn’t kill her, but her lawyers said her arms were left burned and blistered. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawyers
  1. attorneys
  2. advocates
  3. counselors
Noun
  • For companies, congressional oversight usually creates legal and advisory costs, but adverse headlines are the greatest hazard, said attorneys and analysts.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier this year, Parker asked the Supreme Court to throw out the requirement to pay Maricopa County’s legal fees in the case, arguing such sanctions would deter attorneys from bringing aggressive or novel legal claims.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of attorneys
Noun
  • But much like the way studios and directors of the 1960s and ’70s embraced the once-taboo profanity and nudity, this year AI has found a new wave of advocates eager to go public.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The payments are adjusted every year based on inflation, but many older Americans and their advocates have long said that the annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) formula doesn’t match the actual increase in expenses.
    — Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of advocates
Noun
  • For teachers and counselors citing the research with families, that nuance matters.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026
  • This includes — but is not limited to — nurses at state hospitals and prisons, cooks employed by the California Highway Patrol academy and counselors at the California School for the Deaf.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of counselors

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“Lawyers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawyers. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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